My team’s quarterback just threw and interception after getting sacked.
I guess I need to find another team to be loyal to.
/s
It’s funny you picked the quarterback analogy. It’s sort of understood in football that if a team is struggling, the most popular player on the team is always the second string quarterback.
In hockey, the same for second string goalies.
I think we are seeing a lot of that playing out in this nomination process. Romney was the first stringer, but no one really thought he could lead the team - so we’ve seen Bachmann surge and then she fell off a cliff. Perry really surged and now it remains to be seen how far he falls, but he is falling.
So now Cain will surge it appears. The intense light of being considered top tier is revealing and full of pressure.